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Suffrage in Nova Scotia: Making our Mark

To the Government and Legislature of the Province
of Nova Scotia

      We whose names are hereto subscribed, being British subjects of the full age of twenty one years and upwards, and having lived in the province of Nova Scotia one year and upwards, hereby pray that you will introduce and pass at the next session of the Legislature an acting granting the provincial franchaise to women upon the same terms as those upon which it is granted to men, thus placing them upon a level with the women of Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, and British Columbia.

No. Name Address Occupation view
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Mrs. A. V. Westhaver Lunenburg Homemaker view original petition
21
Mary F. Johnson Lunenburg Teacher view original petition
22
Mrs. Wilbur Sawler Lunenburg Homemaker view original petition
24
Mrs. J. V. Winters Lunenburg Homemaker view original petition
25
Mrs. Harild Corey Lunenburg Homemaker view original petition
26
Mrs. George Corkum Lunenburg Homemaker view original petition
27
Mrs. Edwin Bailly Lunenburg Homemaker view original petition
28
Miss Lula Bailly Lunenburg Organist and Music Teacher view original petition
29
Mrs. S. Geldert Lunenburg Homemaker view original petition
30
Mrs. Arch. Corkum Lunenburg Homemaker view original petition
1
Mrs. Edwin Morash Lunenburg Homemaker view original petition
2
Laetitia Hebb Lunenburg Homemaker view original petition
3
Lalia B. Baker Lunenburg Homemaker view original petition
4
Mrs. Harry Hebb Lunenburg Homemaker view original petition
5
Mrs. J. H. Copeland Lunenburg Housewife view original petition
6
Mrs. Chrysander Silver Lunenburg Housekeeper view original petition
7
Mrs. Palmer Silver Lunenburg Housekeeper view original petition
8
Mrs. Scott Miller Lunenburg Housekeeper view original petition
9
Mrs. John D. Smeltzer Lunenburg Housekeeper view original petition
10
Mrs. Rob. Wynacht Lunenburg Housekeeper view original petition
11
Mrs. Jane Repfenning Lunenburg Housekeeper view original petition
12
Mrs. K. L. Corkum Lunenburg Housekeeper view original petition
13
Mrs. Zenas Corkum Lunenburg Homemaker view original petition
14
Flora A. Corkum Lunenburg Seamstress view original petition
15
Minnie E. Corkum Lunenburg Seamstress view original petition
16
Mrs. Clarence Corkum Lunenburg Housewife view original petition
17
Mrs. Christy Naas Lunenburg Housewife view original petition
18
Ettie L. Naas Lunenburg Dressmaker view original petition
19
Belle L. Naas Lunenburg Dressmaker view original petition
20
Mary E. Corkum Lunenburg Homemaker view original petition
               

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